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J. N. AND C. A. FAUST.

SUPPORTING GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23| I919.

PatentedJuly 12, 1921.

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JACOB N. FAUST AND CLYDE A. FAUST, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORTING-GARMENT.

Application filed August 23, 1919. Serial No. 319,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known thatwe, J AOOB N. F AUST and CLYDE A. Fairer, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a trouser supporting belt which is secured to the inner side of a pair of trousers, is capable of ad-v justment to the body of the wearer, serving as a support for the trousers. without the attendant discomforts accompanying the wearing of the ordinary belt.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a supporting belt which is capable of easy and quick adjustment in a novel.

manner.

Another object is to produce a belt which keeps its shapeunder all conditions of usage, is light and durable, and is furnished with shirt-retaining means spaced about the belt at suitable intervals.

A further object is to provide a belt having buttonholes which positively retain the buttons therein.

Other and ancillary advantages will become apparent as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is plan view of the outer side of the belt. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the belt taken through the center thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the belt showing it buttoned in position in a pair of trousers. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the shirt-retaining devices. Fig. 6 is a section through Fig. 5.

The invention herein illustrated comprises a back portion 1 and two end portions 2 and 3, said end portions being provided with any ordinary fastening devices at their outer ends whereby the portions 2 and 3 may be secured together at the front of the trousers. The end portions are adjustably secured to the back portion by means of lacing cords 4 and 5, which cords are secured at one end to the back portion, are then woven back and forth'between the back and end portions and are fastened at their other ends to relatively small adjusting straps 6 and 7, respectively. The wearer may obtain any degree of adjustability of the belt by simply taking in or letting out the adjusting straps 6 and 7 The belt portions may comprise two thick- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, i921.

nesses of webbing material laid face to face vided it with suitable stiffening agents in the form of a series of horizontal and vertical stays 8 and 9, respectively. These stays are inclosed within the horizontal and vertical bands and are held in their various positions by suitable means such as stitching.

To secure the belt to the trousers, buttonholes 10 are provided at suitable intervals along the upper part of the belt. It will be noted that said buttonholes are located between parallel stays 8. This construction obviates the difficulty of buttons pulling out of buttonholes accidentally.

In order to overcome the tendency of a shirt from creeping upwardly out of the trousers, we have provided a suitable number of shirt-retaining devices 11, preferably made of rubber, and sewed or otherwise se cured at intervals upon the inside webbing of the belt. These retainers have projecting rows of integral rubber fingers 12 arranged in staggered relation to each other struck 0E from the center of the retainer with varying radii. It has been found that the staggered relationship of the teeth insures a better grip upon the shirt. These retainers grip a shirt and prevent it from creeping upwardly out of the trousers.

To provide adjusting means between the back and end portions of the belt, we utilize lacing cords 4 and 5. As both lacing cords operate in the same manner, a description of only one cord will be given.

The belt is made larger or smaller, as may be desired by the user, by loosening or tightening the adjusting straps 6 and 7 located 011 the outside of the belt proper. Said adjusting straps 6 and 7 are secured to the lacing cords 4 and 5, and when the adjusting straps are taken in or let out they draw the lacing cord must pass, we have provided two vertical flaps 13 stitched at their top 13*, bottom 13 and inner side 13 to the belt portion 1 and open at their outer side 13, which flaps are provided with a suitable number of lacing eyelets. The lacing cord is secured at one end to the flap 13 and then woven back and forth between the back and side portions, the end-piece 6 of the strap 6, which is also provided with eyelets, and the opposite end of the cord is then secured to the end-piece 6 of the adjusting strap 6. The method of using the belt'is as follows: V

The belt is first buttoned onto-the trousers and the end portions 2 and 3 secured together'at the front of the trousers by two sets of fastening devices 15 and 16, thefasteners 15 being ordinary snap fasteners, and

the fasteners 16 comprising a stud and heel: member; The fasteners 16 are first engaged and then the fasteners 15 are engaged, said last mentioned fasteners serving to prevent the accidental disengagement of the fasteners 16. The wearer then adjusts the belt to his body by means of the adjusting straps 6 and 7 the strap 6 being provided witha buckle 17 for securing the'belt in adjusted position.

While we have herein described in detail the preferred embodiment of our invention, we do not desire to be limited thereby but aim to cover in the appended claims all modifications and equivalents falling within the scope of our invention.

We claim as our invention:

1. A belt for supporting garments comprising, in combination, a back portion and two end portions having eyelets in their ad joining ends, a flap secured to the back portion adjacent to each end thereof and provided with eyelets a pair of straps having end pieces also provided with eyelets. and cords passing through said eyelets adjustably connecting the said portions of the belt, the end piece of the strap and the iiap.

2. A belt for supporting garments comprising, in combination, a plurality of sections, a pair of straps associated with the end sections and adapted to be adjustably interconnected, and looped lacing cords arranged to pass freely through adjoining ends of said sections and the ends of said straps whereby said belt may be adjnstahly fitted by the adjustment of said straps.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JACOB N. FAUST. CLYDE A. FAUST. 

